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TO ALL WHM ITMAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, BRACKETT H. BADGER, of the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Device for Holding Glasses; and I'do herebygdeclarc the following to` be a full and correct description ofthe same, suiiieient to enablothe-rs to understand and make it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, and in which- Figure 11's a perspective view of my device, and o Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same applied to a glass.

The same letters indicate the same parts in both figures.

In'winter-timc, when hot drinks are the fashiom'sueh as egg-nogg, punches,.&c., the glasses into which they are filled become often so heated that it is painful to hold such a glass in the hand for any'length of time; and at parties, whe-re refreshments are han'dedaround, the gloves are frequently stained and spoiled,

'by the wine or liquors contained in the glasses spilling over on theirpoutside. To prevent-these occurrences, I employ my device. It consist of tivo Ijaws, B, held apart hy a. spring, c, connected at one endin a knob or handle, C, and provided at the otherends with semicircular spreading fingers a a a and b b 6. The top ingers a b have each a wire, cl, provided with a hook, e, which is intended to hool: over the rim towards the inside of the glass. The `jaws A B, when pressedtowards each other, form a round handle, on which a ring,f, slides, to force the fingers a b tightly on to the glass. The jaws A B may, however, be constructed in Yany shape, as long as they together form a rod ot' any form, and-the ring'must in that case correspond in shapeto the form ofthe unitedjaws.

The operation of my-device is easily understood. The fingers a I1 are passed around the stem of the glass, as shown in red lines in figr. 2, arethen elevated until they assume the position shown in black in iig. 2, the hooks e seizing the rim ofthe glass, and the riugf'is then slid close to the glass, by means of which the fingers are pressed towards each other, and secure-ly hold. the glass'. As the glass is emptied and turned upside down, it will rest on its rim in thc hook e, which prevents its slipping 'from between the fingers a b.

The advantages of my device are too apparent to need muchdescription. It'can be constructed of any ,cheap metal, struck ont and up at a trillingr cost, and the-knob C may bemade of wood or any other suitable material, in any shape or form, so as to give the whole-device a'neat and pleasing appearance. l

I do notconf'ne myself to the precise form or number of the fingers shown in the accompanying drawings, nor to the exact shape of the handle, but the ngers a and I; must always be separate, that is to say, must not he connected at their outward ends so as to form circles, as in that case the glass would be apt to crack, which is not possible now, as the fingers give, on account of their elasticity, when the glass expands with the heat.

Having thus described my invention, what'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The device for holding glasses, consisting of the jaws A I3, knob C, ring f, fingers a Zw, spring c, wires cl,-

provided with hooks e, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.A p v V BRACKETT HUTCHINGS BADGER.

Witnesses: i

ALEXR A. C. KLAUCKE, JAcoB HENRY. 

